Officials investigate attempted abduction

Kassia Micek

Published
7:00 pm CDT, Tuesday, May 26, 2009

THE WOODLANDS - Law enforcement and school officials are investigating an attempted abduction in The Woodlands.

An 18-year-old College Park High School student reported Wednesday morning that, as she got off the school bus around 3 p.m. Tuesday at Grogan’s Mill and South Millbend, a black male told her to get in his vehicle, Montgomery County Sheriff Lt. Dan Norris said. The girl refused and ran to a nearby grocery store as the man drove away.

The girl reported she had seen the man and the same black SUV in the same area previously, according to a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office press release. She described him as being in his 30s, bald, 5-foot, 8-inches tall, weighing approximately 200 pounds and wearing a striped shirt.

“Not just during the school year, but at all times, parents should remind their kids if approached by a stranger to get into a vehicle to say ‘no’ and run away,” Norris said.

The MCSO and Conroe Independent School District are working together on the investigation.

“The investigation involved talking to other students riding the bus,” CISD Communications Director Kathy Clark said. “When we have an incident like this it’s a good thing to have the county Sheriff’s Office and the school district working together because we have more people working on it.”

Anyone with information should call the MCSO Detective Division at (936) 760-5876 or Montgomery County Crime Stoppers at (800) 392-STOP (7867).

Montgomery County Crime Stoppers will pay up to a $1,000 cash reward for information leading to an arrest or indictment of a felony crime. Anonymous tips can also be made at www.montgomerycountycrimestoppers.org.